Dr. phil. MMag. Matthias Unterhuber

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1 Curriculum Vitae Dr. phil. MMag. Matthias Unterhuber Address DCLPS Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science Department of Philosophy Heinrich Heine University Universitaetsstrasse Germany unterhuber@phil.hhu.de Tel: +49/ Areas of Specialization Areas of Competence Focus of Research Education Formal Logic, Philosophy of Logic, Philosophy of Cognitive Science Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics Conditionals/Generics, Ceteris Paribus Laws, Modal Logic, Belief Revision, Bayesianism, Human Reasoning, Causation, Prototype Theory 03/11 Graduation from the Doctoral Study in Philosophy (Summa cum Laude), with Gerhard Schurz, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University Title of the Dissertation: Possible Worlds Semantics for Indicative and Counterfactual Conditionals? A Formal-Philosophical Inquiry into Chellas-Segerberg Semantics ( words) 05/10 03/11 Doctoral Study in Philosophy, with Gerhard Schurz, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of 04/07 11/10 Doctoral Study in Philosophy, with Edgar Morscher, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences, University of Salzburg 04/07 Graduation from the Diploma Study (with Distinction), with Edgar Morscher, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences, University of Salzburg Title of the Diploma Thesis: Sraffa s Influence on Wittgenstein 1

2 10/99 4/07 Diploma Study Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences, University of Salzburg 10/05 Graduation from the Diploma Study Psychology (with Distinction), with Urs Baumann, Department of Psychology, University of Salzburg Title of the Diploma Thesis: Faking for Specific Jobs: Does it Generalize? on the Issue Faking Personality Questionnaires in Personnel Selection 10/98 10/05 Diploma Study Psychology at the Department of Psychology, University of Salzburg Academic Positions Since 04/12 Research Fellow, DFG Project Causation Laws Dispositions Explanation: (P1) Causality and Explanation with Gerhard Schurz, Department of Philosophy, University of 10/12 09/13 University Teaching Position, Department of Philosophy, University of 04/11 06/12 Research Fellow, DFG Research Project Functional Concepts and Frames: (B2) Neuroframes: A Neuro-Cognitive Model of Situated Conceptualization with Gerhard Schurz, Department of Philosophy, University of 08/11 03/12 Assistant Position with Gerhard Schurz, Department of Philosophy, University of 08/10 07/11 Research Fellow, DFG Project Causation Laws Dispositions Explanation: (P1) Causality and Explanation with Gerhard Schurz, Department of Philosophy, University of 01/10 03/11 University Teaching Position (Doctoral Level), Department of Philosophy, University of 11/08 12/09 Doctoral Research Fellow, Eurocores Project The Logic of Causal and Probabilistic Reasoning in Uncertain Environments (LcpR): (P1) Probability Logic and Non-Monotonic Reasoning from an Evolutionary Perspective with Gerhard Schurz, Department of Philosophy, University of Teaching SS 13 SS 13 WS 12/13 Knowledge Representation and Revision (Advanced Seminar), Department of Philosophy, University of Philosophy of Science (Basic Seminar, Replacement for Gerhard Schurz s Lecture Philosophy of Science), Department of Philosophy, University of Deontic Logic (Advanced Seminar), Department of Philosophy, University of 2

3 WS 12/13 SS 12 WS 11/12 SS 11 WS 10/11 WS 10/11 SS 10 WS 09/10 Introduction to the Scientific Method (Excercise), Department of Philosophy, University of Causation (Basic Seminar), Department of Philosophy, University of Metaphysics of the Natural Sciences (Basic Seminar), Department of Philosophy, University of Modal Logic (Advanced Seminar), Department of Philosophy, University of Philosophy of Logic (Basic Seminar), Department of Philosophy, University of Exercise Logic I, Department of Philosophy, University of Philosophy of Cognition (Advanced Seminar), Department of Philosophy, University of Exercise Logic I, Department of Philosophy, University of University Didactics 04/13 Completion of Module II (Intermediate Module) of the University Didactics Qualification Program ( Professionelle Lehrkompetenz für die Hochschule, 60 Work Units) 05/12 Completion of Module I (Basic Module) of the University Didactics Qualification Program ( Professionelle Lehrkompetenz für die Hochschule, 60 Work Units) Refereed Talks (and Posters) 03/13 Less Lazy than One Might Think - Ceteris Paribus Conditions in the Context of Lewis Best System Analysis (Talk), GWP.2013 (First International Meeting of the German Society for Philosophy of Science), Hannover, Germany 09/12 Modeling the Ramsey Test by Chellas-Segerberg Semantics (Talk), GAP.8, 8th Meeting of the German Society for Analytic Philosophy, Konstanz, Germany 08/12 The Tweety Problem - Consequences for Probabilistic Approaches in Reasoning and Cognitive Science (Talk), with Gerhard Schurz, European Society of Philosophy and Psychology, London 06/12 Completeness and Correspondence in Chellas-Segerberg Semantics (Talk), Trends in Logic XI, Bochum, Germany 09/11 Do Indicative Conditionals have Truth-Values? Challenging Bennett s Four Routes to No Truth Values (Talk), Semantics & Philosophy in Europe 4, Bochum, Germany 3

4 09/11 The Tweety Problem - Consequences for Probabilistic Approaches in Reasoning and Cognitive Science (Talk), with Gerhard Schurz, First Pittsburg-Tilburg Workshop: Formal Epistemology Meets Experimental Philosophy, Tilburg, the Netherlands 07/11 The Ramsey Test and Chellas-Segerberg Semantics (Talk), Congress for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science 2011, Nancy, France 10/10 Gricean Factors Accounting for Failures of Default-to-Stereotype Inferences? (Talk), with Gerhard Schurz, KogWis 2010, The 10th Biannual Meeting of the German Society for Cognitive Science, Postdam, Germany 08/10 Gricean Factors Accounting for Failures of Default-to-Stereotype Inferences? (Talk), with Gerhard Schurz, ESPP 2010, Meeting of the European Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Bochum and Essen, Germany 09/09 Kanger s Multi-Modal Program in Applied Ethics (Talk), GAP.7, 7th Meeting of the German Society for Analytic Philosophy, Bremen, Germany 08/07 Sraffa s Impact on Wittgenstein (Talk), Internationales Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria 05/06 Faking Personality Tests in Selection Settings: Tailoring Responses to Jobs? (Poster Presentation), SIOP 2006, 21st Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology, Division 14 of the American Psychological Association, Dallas, USA Invited Talks 11/13 Belief Revision and Weak Conditional Logics, Interdisciplinary Workshop on Belief Revision und Non-Monotonic Reasoning, University of Gießen 10/13 The Tweety Puzzle from a Psychological Perspective, Psychological-Philosophical Workshop on the Issue of Operationalization, University of Freiburg 06/13 A Ramsey Test Perspective on Belief Revision and Chellas-Segerberg Semantics, Research Colloquium Logic and Epistemology, Department of Philosophy II, University of Bochum 03/13 Philosophy of Sciences in Germany ( ). A Report, with Alexander Gebharter and Gerhard Schurz, at the General Assembly of the German Society for Philosophy of Science (GWP), at the GWP.2013 (First International Meeting of the GWP), Hannover, Germany 03/13 The New Tweety Problem. Further Psychological Evidence, with Gerhard Schurz, Second Conference of the Priority Program on New Frameworks of Rationality (SPP 1516) of DFG (German Research Foundation), Schloss Etelsen 12/12 The Tweety Problem Consequences for Probabilistic Approaches in Reasoning and Cognitive Science, with Gerhard Schurz, Research Colloquium Philosophy and Cognitive Science, Department of Philosophy II, University of Bochum 4

5 09/12 AGM Belief Revision from a Conditional Logic Perspective, Workshop Philosophical Issues in Belief Revision, Conditionals and Possible Worlds Semantics at the GAP.8, Konstanz, Germany 06/12 Less Lazy than We Might Think Ceteris Paribus Conditions in the Context of Lewis Best System Analysis, Workshop Semantics and Pragmatics of Ceteris Paribus Conditions,, Germany 01/12 Modeling AGM Belief Revision by Possible Worlds Semantics. The Case of Chellas-Segerberg Semantics, Colloquium in Mathematical Philosophy, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Munich, Germany 09/11 Kripke Type Semantics for Indicative AND/OR Causal Conditionals. The Case of Chellas-Segerberg Semantics, Final Conference of LogiCCC ( Modeling Intelligent Interaction ) Eurocores Project, Berlin, Germany 05/11 Why Probabilism and even Bayesianism Needs Objective and Evidential Probabilities: Logic and Psychology, with Gerhard Schurz, Workshop Conditionals, Counterfactuals and Causes in Uncertain Environments, 02/10 Default-to-Stereotype Inferences and Gricean Pragmatic Factors, with Gerhard Schurz, ProbNet10, A Joint Workshop of the LogiCCC ( Modeling Intelligent Interaction ) Eurocores Projects The Logic of Causal and Probabilistic Reasoning in Uncertain Environments (LcpR) and Logical Models of Reasoning with Vague Information (LoMoReVI), Salzburg, Austria 09/09 Defaults, Prototypical Properties and Inconsistencies Theoretical Considerations for Three Empirical Investigations, with Gerhard Schurz, LogICCC Day at WUPES 09, Workshop on Uncertainty Processing, Liblice, Czech Republic 02/09 A Chellas-Type Semantics for System P, PROBNET09, The Logic of Causal and Probabilistic Reasoning in Uncertain Environments (LcpR), Salzburg, Austria Internal/Non-Refereed Talks and Posters 06/13 The New Tweety Problem: Further Psychological Evidence (Talk), Research Colloquium Theoretical Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of 01/13 Laws of Nature and Ceteris Paribus Conditions (Talk), Research Colloquium Theoretical Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of 05/12 AGM Belief Revision from a Conditional Logic Perspective (Talk), Research Colloquium Theoretical Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of 01/12 The Law of Conditional Non-Contradiction and the Logic of Conditionals (Talk), Philosophical Colloquium, Department of Philosophy, University of 10/11 Chellas-Segerberg Semantics as Kripke Type Semantics for Indicative and 5

6 Counterfactual Conditionals (Talk), Colloquium of the Research Group Functional Concepts and Frames, University of 07/11 A Qualitative Approach to Belief Revision (Talk), Research Colloquium Theoretical Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of 01/11 Chellas-Segerberg Semantics and the Ramsey Test (Talk), Research Colloquium Theoretical Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of 06/10 Lewis (1976) Triviality Result Reconsidered. A Defense of Possible Worlds Semantics for Indicative Conditionals (Talk), Research Colloquium Theoretical Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of 06/10 Eine Verteidigung möglicher-welten-semantiken für Konditionale [ A Defense of Possible Worlds Semantics for Conditionals ] (Talk), Research Colloquium, Philosophy Department, Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences, University of Salzburg 01/10 Non-Monotonic Reasoning, Defaults and Philosophy (Talk), Research Colloquium Theoretical Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of 10/09 Logik der Konditionale und nichtmonotones Schließen [ Logic of Conditionals and Nonmonontic Reasoning ] (Talk), Research Colloquium, Philosophy Department, Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences, University of Salzburg 07/09 Avoiding Logical Omniscience by Default An Investigation into Autoepistemic Logic (Levesque 1990) (Member Poster Presentation), CogSci 2009, The Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 06/09 A Chellas Semantics for Uncertain Conditionals (Talk), Research Colloquium Theoretical Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of 05/09 Logik der Konditionale [ Logic of Conditionals ] (Talk), Philosophical Colloquium, Department of Philosophy, University of Publications (Peer Reviewed) Unterhuber, M. Less Lazy than One Might Think Ceteris Paribus Conditions in the Context of Lewis Best System Analysis. Erkenntnis (Invited Contribution under Review) Unterhuber, M. & Schurz, G. Introduction to the Special Issue Logic and Probability: Reasoning in Uncertain Environments in Studia Logica (Invited Contribution) Reutlinger, A. & Unterhuber, M. Introduction to the Special Issue Semantics and Pragmatics of Ceteris Paribus Conditions in Erkenntnis (Invited Contribution) Unterhuber, M., Gebharter, A. & Schurz, G. Philosophy of Sciences in Germany, Journal for General Philosophy of Science (Comissioned Paper) 6

7 Unterhuber, M., & Schurz, G. (in press). Completeness and Correspondence in Chellas-Segerberg Semantics. Studia Logica. DOI: /s , available at /s Unterhuber, M. (2013). Possible Worlds Semantics for Indicative and Counterfactual Conditionals? A Formal Philosophical Inquiry into Chellas-Segerberg Semantics. Frankfurt: DeGruyter/Ontos (Logos Series). Unterhuber, M., & Schurz, G. (2013). The New Tweety Puzzle: Arguments against Monistic Bayesian Approaches in Epistemology and Cognitive Science. Synthese, 190, Unterhuber, M. & Schurz, G. (2010). Different Kinds of Pragmatic Factors Explain Failures of Default-to-Stereotype Inferences. In J. Haack, H. Wiese, A. Abraham, Chiarcos, C. (Eds.) Proceedings of KogWis 2010: 10th Biannual Meeting of the German Society for Cognitive Science (p. 184f). Potsdam, Germany: Universitätsverlag Potsdam. Unterhuber, M. (2007). Sraffa s Impact on Wittgenstein. In H. Hrachovec, A. Pichler, & J. Wang (Eds.), Philosophie der Informationsgesellschaft. Beiträge des 30. Internationalen Wittgenstein Symposiums, August 2007, Kirchberg am Wechsel (pp ). Kirchberg am Wechsel: Die Österreichische Ludwig Wittgenstein Gesellschaft. Reports Unterhuber, M. & Gebharter, A. (2013). The Philosophy of Clark Glymour, June [Report of a Symposium at the University of ]. The Reasoner, 7 (9): 109. Unterhuber, M. & Reutlinger, A. (2012). Semantics and Pragmatics of Ceteris Paribus Conditions, June [Report of a Workshop at the University of ]. The Reasoner, 6 (11): Unterhuber, M. (2012). Philosophical Issues in Belief Revision, Conditional Logic and Possible Worlds Semantics, September [Report of a Workshop at the University of Konstanz]. The Reasoner, 6 (11): Unterhuber, M. (2011). Conditionals, Counterfactuals and Causes in Uncertain Environments, May [Report of a Workshop at the University of ]. The Reasoner, 5 (7): Unterhuber, M. (2009). Conditionals [Report of a Workshop at the University of ]. The Reasoner, 3 (8): 5 6. Workshop Organisation 06/13 Workshop The Philosophy of Clark Glymour, June 13 15, 2013, with Alexander Gebharter and Gerhard Schurz, DCLPS, University of, 7

8 09/12 Workshop Philosophical Issues in Belief Revision, Conditional Logic and Possible World Semantics at the GAP 2012 (Meeting of the German Association for Analytic Philosophy), September 21-22, 2012, Konstanz 06/12 Workshop Semantics and Pragmatics of Ceteris Paribus Conditions, June 28 29, 2012, with Alexander Reutlinger, Chair for Theoretical Philosophy, University of, 05/11 Workshop Conditionals, Counterfactuals and Causes in Uncertain Environments, May 19 22, 2011, with Gerhard Schurz and Paul Thorn, Chair for Theoretical Philosophy, University of, 05/09 Workshop Conditionals A One-Day Workshop at the University of, May 11, 2009, with Gerhard Schurz, Chair for Theoretical Philosophy, University of, Reviewing and Editorial Work 2013/14 Editing the Special Issue The Philosophy of Clark Glymour in Synthese, with Alexander Gebharter and Gerhard Schurz 2012/13 Editing the Special Issue Logic and Probability: Reasoning in Uncertain Environments in Studia Logica, with Gerhard Schurz 2012/13 Editing the Special Issue Semantics and Pragmatics of Ceteris Paribus Conditions in Erkenntnis, with Alexander Reutlinger 2013 Reviewer for Studia Logica (3x) and Erkenntnis (1x) 2011 Reviewer for CogSci2011, 33rd Annual Meeting of Cognitive Science Society 2011, Boston, Massachusetts 2011 Reviewer for Proceedings of the Second Conference on Concept Types and Frames, 05/07 10/08 Member of the Editorial Board of the Philosophy Journal Kriterion Supervision of Theses 09/2012 Bachelor Thesis (Philosophy) of Viktoria Kostadinova (Second Supervisor): Argumente gegen kategoriale und für dispositionale Eigenschaften im dispositionalen Essentialismus [Arguments against Categorial and for Dispositional Properties of Dispositional Essentialism] Study Abroad 09/01 06/02 Study of Psychology and Philosophy at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA 09/02 Chinese-Austrian Summer school in Beijing and Shanghai, Peking University and Fudan University, China 8

9 Grants 08 Förderungsstipendium by the University of Salzburg (2500 ) 07 Leistungsstipendium by the University of Salzburg (1600 ) 01/02 International Student Exchange Program Grant (ISEP) for the Academic Year 01/02 at the University of Minnesota, USA Membership in Scientific Associations Since 12 Since 09 Since 09 Since 09 Since 09 Since 12 Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftsphilosophie (GWP) Gesellschaft für analytische Philosophie (GAP) Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie (DGPhil) Österreichische Gesellschaft für Philosophie (ÖGP) Cognitive Science Society European Society for Philosophy and Psychology (ESPP) 02, 06 Society of Industrial and Organisational Psychologists, Division 14 of the American Psychological Association (SIOP, Student Affiliate) School 09/88 05/97 Gymnasiums Gars am Inn (humanistischer Zweig), Germany 06/97 Abitur in Mathematics, Latin, History, and Religion Musical/Artistic Activities 12 Philosophical Consultancy for the Audio Book Beyond Man and Time by the Rock Band RPWL Member of the Progressive Rock Band Traumpfad ( 9

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